known as the Rushmore headkits that featured fiberglass faces as the body/shell of the 'drum'. Modules The standard SDS-V was loaded with five modules: Bass Drum, Snare and three Tom Toms, which looked almost identical, with controls for noise level, tone level, bend, decay time, noise tone (a simple filter) and click drum control which added extra attack derived from pad impact. Each module's parameters were optimised for the drum it was designed to emulate. Optional Cymbal and Hi-Hat modules were also available with open and closed hi-hats controlled from an external pedal. There was also a mixer section with individual volume control for each module (only into the mono/stereo output) and controls for pad sensitivity. Outputs were balanced XLRs for live and studio applications (pins 1 & 2 ground, pin 3 hot), however the XLR pad input wiring on the SDS-V was unconventional - the User Manual states that pin 2 is hot and pins 1 & 3 are ground. Each module also had a 1/4" jack trigger input allowing triggering from various sources including the SDS-6 and even audio (for example from a drum machine). Notable users Rick Allen of Def Leppard Die Flippers Jet Black of The Stranglers Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson (one of the first and last users of Simmons, used them from 1981 to 1998) Richard James Burgess of Landscape Warren Cann of Ultravox Phil Collins of Genesis Stewart Copeland of The Police. Provides the sequenced drum backbeat in the main title theme of the American crime drama television series The Equalizer (1985–1989). Darren Costin of Wang Chung F. R. David on his 1982 album Words Thomas Dolby used an SDS-V extensively during the production and touring of the 1982 album The Golden Age of Wireless. Producer Gus Dudgeon played the SDS-V on two of Elton John's albums, 1985's Ice on Fire, and 1986's Leather Jackets Lee Harris of Talk Talk Don Henley of The Eagles used them in the 1980s. The 1989 Bee Gees hit, "Ordinary Lives", features crashing drum sounds which were played by Henley on the SDSV. Rob Hirst of Midnight Oil Steve Jansen of Japan Jean-Michel Jarre on his 1982 live album Concerts in China (recorded in 1981) Chris Kavanagh and Ray Mayhew of Sigue Sigue Sputnik John Keeble of Spandau Ballet Nick Mason with Pink Floyd Jon Moss of Culture Club James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem Steve